Russian woman Daria Penionzhkevich moved to Texas from the Moscow region. In the first person, a mother of two children tells the site "Our Texas" about the work of pediatricians in the United States. “The fact that medical supervision of children in the United States and Russia is very different ...
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The Internet is filled with stories of those who use the airbnb service, renting a place for themselves in different parts of the world, but I'm going to tell you about how I rent an apartment through airbnb - ...
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I sat down the other day to reread my posts from a year ago about my first impressions when I just arrived in New York. When I was reading, I had tears of affection from ...
The victory of US Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election did not come as a surprise to me, but, like many, gave rise to a sense of anxiety about the steps of the future president. However, both external and internal ...
America is very big. Each state has its own unique nature, laws and history. It is difficult to talk about the common pros and cons for all parts of the United States, but I found 5 points that, according to my observations, are common to ...
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Annexation and family status: why you shouldn’t formalize divorce or marriage in Crimea
Recently, my office has been frequently contacted regarding the issue of divorce in Crimea, so I decided to clarify the situation somewhat with the help of this column. Not everyone knows that divorces filed in Crimea annexed by Russia after March 26, 2014 are not recognized...
How to ask for a pencil and not be considered rude: why our people are not understood in the USA
Ask for a pen or pencil - what could be easier! This is what we taught at school: “Give me a pen (a pencil) please.” Using this simple phrase as an example, I want to show how sometimes the academic differs from the real...
What Americans eat: borrowed fast food, lack of calories and pepper sweets
You can eat cheap and fast in America, or high quality and expensive. There are grocery stores with very low prices, where the food tastes quite artificial, with a bunch of enhancers, flavors, and colorings that are “identical to natural.” However, there are also high-end supermarkets, and many more...
10 things that change in emigration without being noticed
The adme.ru edition publishes the Kimberlynn Boyes blog. The author is known for often telling users what life in exile usually looks like. Here are 10 things that inevitably change when you move to live abroad. We publish in the first person. 1. You are constantly learning a new language. And forget the old one ...
Pros and cons of immigration in the United States
I never wanted to leave Ukraine. For me, any move has always been very painful. I remember how difficult it was to move from the right bank of Kiev to the left. I was worried that all my family and friends stay on the right bank, and ...
What habits give you a person from the USSR
The Soviet Union collapsed long ago, but people still have habits that unmistakably identify them as being from the “Country of Soviets.” Blogger Maxim Mirovich in Livejournal described in detail habits that are no longer related to the realities of modern life, but continue to be...
How to get discounts, gifts and refunds in America
You can often hear from friends or relatives that someone either bought unrealistically cheap vouchers to a resort, or had a very cheap dinner at a famous restaurant, or received something for free. We immediately ask: "How did you do it?" In this article I ...
In Putin's footsteps: how director Mikhalkov turned into 'Besogon'
The Berlin studio Narra and the collective of independent journalists “Bereg” have released a documentary film “Son”, dedicated to how the formerly talented director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov turned into the main mouthpiece of the most odious conspiracy theories. In the past, an Oscar-winning director, warmly received in the West, today...
Here's how to get military service exemptions to live and work in the U.S.
It is a rare parent who is not concerned about the fate of his child, even an adult. Today we will talk about serving in the Russian army. This issue is especially relevant for Russians living abroad. In this column I will talk about what grounds exist for exemption from service...
Personal experience: what surprises us in the American approach to parenting
Each nation has its own traditions in raising children too. But in the modern world, when people can freely travel around countries, getting acquainted with foreign cultures. Some traditions we like, and some we find puzzling. Lena Lushakova described in her...
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